Savannah Guthrie shared some words of wisdom with Today colleague Sheinelle Jones to help her navigate grief after husband Uche Ojeh’s death. “Savannah taught me a couple of things,” Jones, 47, told Today With Jenna & Sheinelle cohost Jenna Bush Hager during the Thursday, April 16, episode of the “Open Book With Jenna” podcast. “One, because her father passed at 16, she was like, ‘You don’t have to try to be the superhero.’ And she actually helped me tremendously.” Jones added that Guthrie, 54, reminded her she can teach her and Ojeh’s eldest child, son Kayin, 16, that he doesn’t…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The daughter of a woman who remains missing in The Bahamas lashed out against her stepfather after arriving on Great Abaco Island on Thursday.Karli Aylesworth previously slammed her stepfather, Brian Hooker, who was the last person to see her mother, Lynette Hooker, alive on April 4. Brian said Lynette fell overboard from their dinghy around 7:30 p.m. as the pair motored towards their sailboat, which was anchored off of Elbow Key.Brian was arrested by the Royal Bahamas Police Force on April 8, and spent five days behind bars while police investigated Lynette’s…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. found himself in a shouting match with a congresswoman after she questioned him about previous comments he made about Black children during a budget hearing Thursday.Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., confronted Kennedy about remarks he made during a 2024 podcast interview alleging that all Black children are overmedicated and need to be “reparented.””Mr. Secretary, you’ve already admitted that you are not a board-certified physician, and you’ve already admitted you did not go to medical school. Have you ever reparented or parented, I should say,…

Three Los Angeles-area residents were recently convicted in an unusual insurance fraud scheme using a person in a bear costume to fake attacks on high-end vehicles to collect insurance payouts. As part of the California Department of Insurance’s “Operation Bear Claw,” Alfiya Zuckerman, 39, of Valley Village; Ruben Tamrazian, 26, of Glendale; and Vahe Muradkhanyan, 32, of Glendale, pleaded no contest to felony insurance fraud and were sentenced to 180 days in jail, two years of supervised probation, and ordered to pay restitution.A fourth suspect, Ararat Chirkinian, 39, of Glendale, is scheduled to return to court in September for a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Arsenal player and Austrian goalkeeper Alex Manninger died tragically on Thursday after the vehicle he was driving was struck by a train at a railroad crossing in Salzburg, police said. He was 48. Manninger was not immediately identified by law enforcement, but a number of his former teams released statements on social media confirming the news of his tragic passing.  “Everyone at Arsenal is shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic passing of former goalkeeper, Alex Manninger,” the team’s statement read. “All our thoughts are with his family and loved ones at…

It’s last call at a beloved bar at one of Downtown Santa Monica’s best-known corners — the latest high-profile fatality in an ongoing apocalypse turning the commercial core of the upscale beachside burg into a graveyard of empty storefronts. The Misfit Bar and Restaurant, a softly-lit gastropub inside the city’s historic Clock Tower building, will officially shutter this weekend after 15 years. The Misfit Restaurant & Bar, a staple in a declining downtown Santa Monica, will shutter this weekend. Instagram/@themisfitsamo The interior of The Misfit Restaurant & Bar, featuring a long bar with red stools, tall shelves filled with bottles…

Why the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire is key to broader U.S. peace deal with Iran – CBS News Watch CBS News Lebanon and Israel agreed to a 10-day ceasefire on Thursday. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has more details on the U.S.-brokered deal.

The complete cast has been revealed for Lincoln Center Theater’s staged concert performance of Man of La Mancha starring Rolando Villazón as “Cervantes / Don Quxiote” on Monday, May 18 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at the annual spring gala honoring Academy Award winner Robert Downey Jr. and Emmy Award-winning producer Susan Downey. The complete cast includes Lindsay Mendez as Aldonza / Dulcinea, Harvey Guillén as Sancho Panza, Phillip Boykin as Governor / Barber, Patrick Page as Captain of the Inquisition / Innkeeper, Adam Dannheisser as Duke / Dr. Sanson Carrasco / Knight of the Mirrors, J. Harrison Ghee as Padre, Bonnie…

The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has criticised Iran for disrupting trade in the vital shipping lane and for carrying out “barbaric attacks” on the group’s members. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Iran started this and should be the one responsible for taking all the effect that comes back from its policies,” AlBudaiwi, who has led the GCC since January 2023, said on Euronews’ interview programme 12 Minutes With. “Nobody has done this. The region has seen many wars before, many conflicts. The Strait of Hormuz was never used. They should be the ones responsible for taking the blame.” Iran took…

At a Georgia theme park, a baby zebra rejected by her own herd discovered an unlikely bodyguard — and the bond between them is rewriting what caretakers thought they knew about cross-species connection. Kurtsie, a zebra born in December 2023 at Wild Adventures Theme Park in Valdosta, Georgia, had a rough introduction to herd life. Other zebras picked on her. But rather than endure the bullying alone, Kurtsie found refuge beside a companion no one expected: Bakari, a giraffe born in 2018 who weighs around 2,500 pounds. The two now spend nearly all their time together — lounging side by…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Students at a Washington high school were exposed to nude images during a slideshow during class, the school’s president said in a letter to parents.Students at Glacier Peak High School in Snohomish, Washington were exposed to images of nude breasts during a teacher’s presentation, school principal Alicia Mitchell wrote to parents in a letter obtained by Fox News Digital.”Families, We want to make you aware of an incident in a classroom where inappropriate images were inadvertently shared with the students. It is our understanding that these images have since been viewed by…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Susan Wilkerson was gone for just more than one hour when her husband, retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William “Neil” McCasland — who once oversaw some of the military’s most advanced and highly classified research programs — reportedly vanished from their Albuquerque home.McCasland, 68, left his phone behind, but his wallet and a .38-caliber revolver were missing, according to the Bernalillo County, New Mexico, Sheriff’s Office.The general previously had said he was experiencing what he described as a “mental fog,” according to investigators, but authorities stressed there was no indication he was…

President Trump’s remarkable half-hour news gaggle covered so much ground and so knowledgeably. I doubt if there’s another president like it in my lifetime that could have done that. Mr. Trump’s message, as I heard it, is that the war in Iran is over. We have destroyed them militarily and the brilliant blockade strategy is destroying them economically and financially.Iran as a nuclear and terrorist power is over. All the critics have been proven wrong. Mr. Trump has been proven right. He is probably our greatest commander in chief since World War II, when FDR and Eisenhower and Marshall and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! LAS VEGAS – Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling put on a showcase of women’s pro wrestling in Las Vegas at the Pearl Theater on Thursday afternoon at the Pearl Theater inside Palms Casino Resort as part of Slam Fest.And don’t be fooled — though the women of Joshi entered the ring with sparkly and elaborate outfits, the wrestlers hit just as hard as anyone else.J-Rod learned that the hard way as she challenged Yuki Arai for the Princess of Princess Championship. J-Rod hoped to become the first American to win the title. Arai,…

Have sneezing fits finally met their matcha? With a particularly spicy allergy season brewing, people are looking for effective ways to control their symptoms. They might soon be swapping their visits to the pharmacist for stops at the neighborhood cafe. Matcha, the thousand-year-old grass-hued Japanese tea beloved by wellness influencers, could hold the secret to sneezing less.  The secret to sneezing less might be swirling in your to-go cup. Dragana Gordic – stock.adobe.com While the findings are preliminary, researchers in Japan were pleased to see that high doses of matcha extract suppressed sneezing in a set of mice engineered to…